Five held in Delhi for attacking madrassa students

The police arrested 5 men today who had attacked three madrassa students last week after they had allegedly refused to say "Jai Mata Ki".

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India Today Web Desk

New Delhi

March 30, 2016

UPDATED: March 30, 2016 17:57 IST

Children read the Koran at a madrassa on the first day of Ramzan. Photo: Reuters

The police arrested 5 men today who had attacked three madrassa students last week after they had allegedly refused to say "Jai Mata Ki".

The officer said madrassa student Dilkash and his two classmates; Ajmal and Naeem alleged that they were attacked in a park on March 26 when they refused to say "Jai Mata Ki".

Dilkash, who suffered a broken arm following the attack, told police that he and his friends were walking in a park when they were attacked.

Vikramjit Singh said the victims, who are from Bihar's Purnia district, came to Delhi last year to study at the Faiz-ul-uloom Ghausia madrassa in Begumpur.

The three managed to escape after a few minutes of the attack and ran to their seminary. The police were then alerted.

The officer said that the arrested youths had been charged with causing grievous hurt and wrongful restraint. He said the victims were known to the accused.

"The arrested youths have denied the allegations made by the victims, saying they were playing cricket in the park when the ball hit one of the madrassa students who used abusive language, leading to a scuffle," Singh said.

"The culprits accepted that they beat up the madrassa students and attacked one of them with a bat. But they denied they forced the victims to say 'Jai Mata Ki'," the officer added.

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